Under the new program, nongovernmental organizations will be able to step into the space between politicians and their constituents, by creating tools, such as smartphone apps that allow citizens to determine whether and when public services are being delivered.
Activists have exerted pressure on regional governments to offer a climate action plan but those governments say they are doing their best, as developing countries that did not create the problem
Environmentalists and climate change activists worldwide are hailing Time magazine's decision to make Greta Thunberg its 2019 Person of the Year. The teenage activist has attracted the world's attention with her eloquent calls on political and industrial leaders to make courageous decisions on clima
At least 108 people were killed trying to protect their land from encroaching industries in 23 countries from January to November, human rights advocacy group PAN Asia Pacific said - compared to 91 killings recorded in the same period last year.
Low water levels pose an obvious problem for fishermen and farmers, but experts say the decline in sediment exposes a different danger that can result in greater erosion of the river's banks and bed.
Families facing imminent eviction to make way for Luang Prabang dam say authorities have promised to make them whole for their losses but few believe it
The National Hazardous Substances Committee voted to put herbicides glyphosate and paraquat and insecticide chlorpyrifos in the category of banned chemicals starting Dec. 1, but it remains unclear what the farmers will use to replace these commonly used chemicals.
Laos dismisses fears that its next hydropower dam on Mekong River would devastate downstream communities after neighboring countries and rights groups raised their doubts at regional forum in the capital last week
Coal burning and idle vehicle engines have pushed pollution to unhealthful levels in the Southeast Asian country’s major cities
Some fish farmers in the nearby town of Nong Khai have begun moving fish enclosures out of the river and into manmade ponds fed by pumped-in water, said Krit Hemarak, 39, a local fish farm entrepreneur
Warmer ocean temperatures, a possible sign of climate change, are pushing the mega-storms toward Japan instead of Taiwan and the Philippines
Tonle Sap Lake provides more than 70% of the nation’s protein but a growing population, changes to the lake’s unusual seasonal rise and fall, dams and illegal fishing practices may combine this year to mean a smaller than usual catch, and higher
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